Neil Adsett SC is an Australian lawyer. He served as Attorney General of Tonga from 2012 to 2014.

Neil Adsett
Attorney General of Tonga
In office
16 January 2012 – 26 June 2014
Prime MinisterSialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō
Preceded byBarrie Sweetman (acting)
Succeeded byʻAminiasi Kefu (acting)

Adsett is from Australia and works as a law consultant, specialising in revising national statutes.[1] He has produced revisions of the laws of Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, and other countries.[2]

In 2008 he worked as Tonga's Law Revision Commissioner.[3] He was subsequently appointed as Tonga's first anti-corruption commissioner.[4] In January 2012 he was appointed as Attorney General.[5][6] Shortly afterwards he was appointed Senior counsel.[7] He resigned in June 2014, as it was "the right time now for a Tongan lawyer to take over".[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Wales has less law rights than channel island". Wales Online. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Completed Projects". Laws Consolidated. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Tonga's first anti corruption commissioner about to be announced". RNZ. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Support for Tonga's first anti-corruption commissioner". RNZ. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. ^ Guy Powles (2012). POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OPENS THE DOOR: THE KINGDOM OF TONGA'S PATH TO DEMOCRACY (PDF). Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific. p. 59. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Law Officers". Crown Law Tonga. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Attorney General Neil Adsett, appointed Senior Counsel". Matangi Tonga. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Tonga's Attorney General steps down". Kaniva Tonga. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Tonga's Attorney General to step down". RNZ. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2022.